‘Before she came,’ said a soldier, ‘there was cuss in’ and swear in’, but after that it was ’oly as a church.’ The most cherished privilege of the fighting man was abandoned for the sake of Miss Nightingale.

  • -- Lytton Strachey 斯特莱切

“在她来之前,”一个士兵说,“人们骂她,骂她,骂她,但是在那以后,教堂就变成了教堂。为了南丁格尔小姐,这个战士最宝贵的特权被放弃了。

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I place no hope in my strength, nor in my works: but all my confidence is in God my protector, who never abandons those who have put all their hope and thought in him.

我不指望我的力量,也不指望我的作为。我所倚靠的是保护我的神。

I never abandoned either forms or freedom. I imagine that most of what could be called free verse is in my first book. I got through that fairly early.

我从不放弃任何形式或自由。我想大部分可以称为自由诗的东西都在我的第一本书里。我挺早的。

After one has abandoned a belief in God, poetry is the essence which takes its place as life’s redemption.

当一个人放弃了对上帝的信仰之后,诗歌就成为了一种本质,它取代了生命的救赎。

The abandoned infant's cry is rage, not fear.

弃婴的哭声是愤怒,不是恐惧。